The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-09-24
MICHIGAN.



The new jail at Mount Pleasant Is
about completed.
Clinton Is doing quite peach
shipping business.
~-Grayling have been discovered In
npper peninsula waters.
Dundee has a 100000 stock COM
fany to bore for oil, gas, or whatever
AN be found.
The electric-light ordinance was
passed by the Jackson council over
he mayors veto.
The 10th Michigan infantry will
hold reunion at Charlotte about the
middle of October.
Gov. Luce has appointed James
T.. Henderson. OF Cadillac, stenog-
rapher for the Fifteenth judicial dis
trict.
The big schooner David Bows,
which was reported lost with all hands
in Lake superior, has arrived safely
at Marquette.
Sunday night Henry w. Perry
Of the Thayer Lumber Company was
found dead in bed at a Cadillac hotel.
ueart disease was the cause.
George Grub, of Homer, caught
4 pickerel in lake near his town
which weighed nineteen pounds. IL
pulled him out of the boat once.
kalamazoo has a telegraph oper-
stor who Is 10 years old and but forty
four inches high. lie has to have a
platform on which TO do business.
Near Ishpeming. forty men are
mining gold. a twenty-five stamp
mill Is running which has produced
about 100000 since Nov. 10, 1884.
A committee from Detroit invited
the president to visit that city during
his approaching trip. The president
has taken the matter under advise
Ment"
All the shafts in the Calumet and
IIecla mine are now open. The up
ward draft in No. showed no trace
Of fire. The authorities feel satisfied
The fire is out.
-Rain subdued the fires near Pels-
ton and lowering. The station house
and two dwellings had close calls, and
were saved only after hard light by
q large gang Of men.
Professor j. Il. Webb. author Of
several school books and q well-known
teacher, died ut Benton Harbor. He
was born in Watertown. New York,
lixty-three years ago.
An East Tawas. man kicked his
wife about and killed her canary be-
@use she would not say he was q
brute. He then killed the dog because
be would not eat the canary.
Fire caused by thrashing en-
CINE on the farm OF Thomas Bownus
near Adrian, Wednesday, destroyed
three barns and outbuildings, crops,
implements, etc. Loss, $4,000; in
Iured.
Dispatches from Cheboygan, report
he laundering of the schooner Niagara,
Of the Ausualasia's tow, in Wednes.
lays gale, near Whitetsh point
Thirteen lives were lost, including the
captain. his wife and family.
DR.. Nichols, Of Greenviile. bought
pail of eggs that he didn't want the
sther day His horse had eaten them,
however, and, as the farmer in whose
wagon the animal found them wanted
bis pay, the doctor was too fair man
10 say him nay.
1t Is expected that about the
usual amount OF logs will be put In
he Menominec. In Michigan. the com
ing winter. which, with lj0,000.O00
likely TO be left over, would make q
Total of about 600 100000 feet for next
seasons saving.
The Railway Mail Service Asso-
ration, In session at Detroit, concluded
It's business Wednesday, and will hold
their next meeting &C New Orleans.
W. II. Mckee, of Railway, was elected
President. and $. X. Baugham, OF
Camp Point. ILL.,, Secretary Treasurer.
The postonice OF Adamyille, was
burglarized early Wednesday morning.
Hubbard Aknew is the postmaster,
and operates a grocery in connection
with the Office. His safe was blown,
md all the valuables IL contained
were stolen. as were several registered
packages.
The moulders of the Michigan
Malleable Iron Works, at Detroit.
struck few days ago because an APP
prentice had been taken In. Thurs
day they offered 10 return 10 work IL
The boy was discharged. The propo-
Iition WAS rejected. Non union men
from Springfield will be employed.